Insights into specific DNA recognition during the assembly of a viral genome packaging machine.
de Beer, T., Fang, J., Ortega, M., Yang, Q., Maes, L., Duffy, C., Berton, N., Sippy, J., Overduin, M., Feiss, M., Catalano, C.E.(2002) Mol.Cell 9: 981-991
- PubMed: 12049735 
- PubMed Abstract: 
Terminase enzymes mediate genome "packaging" during the reproduction of DNA viruses. In lambda, the gpNu1 subunit guides site-specific assembly of terminase onto DNA. The structure of the dimeric DNA binding domain of gpNu1 was solved using nuclear m ...